Hook and eye.



Patented Mar, 2, i901.

E. w. snoes cutp. HOOK AND EYE.

(Application flled Aug. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES:

{NVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Huro-uma, wumucmu. n. c.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVIN W. GROESCHEL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,786, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed August 29, 1900. Serial No. 28,386. (No model.)

To a, whom/it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, EDWIN W. GROESGHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jer sey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand usefullmprovements in Hooks and Eyes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hooks and eyes, and it has reference particularly to devices of this nature which are so constructed as to be proof against accidental disengagement.

The object of the invention is to providea hook and eye of the kind above particularly mentioned the members (preferably both) of whichare formed of sheet metal, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture considerably, for they may be stamped out in long sheets only connected by slight webs which may be easily broken apart and, if necessary, smoothed off afterward.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding letters of reference indicate like parts, and wherein- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a hook and eye constructed after the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a View in side elevation of one of the devices for securing the hook and eye in position. Fig. 3 is a somewhat enlarged view of the device shown in Fig. 2, illustrating how said device secures the hook or eye to the fabric of the garment. Fig. 4 shows hooks and eyes secured to attachingstrips of some suitable material adapted to be arranged alongthe meeting edges of the garment, and Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of what is seen in Fig. 1.

In order to produce the members of the device, they are stamped out, either individually or in series, wherein the individual members are connected by slight webs which may be easily broken apart, from a piece of some suitable sheet metal.

In stamping out the hook member the die, which is properly shaped for this purpose,

forms at one stroke the shanks a a the bill I), the securing-eyelets c 0 the tongue d, and the outlying anchorages e a. At the front end of the hook a-portionf, comprising the two forward ends of the shank members, is left projecting slightly beyond the general contour of the device, and from the free end of this portion projects upwardly the aforesaid bill. This portion fis relatively narrow, and so, owing to the fact that the anchorages e e are relatively wide apart, considerable leverage may be obtained, whereby the disengagement of the hook and eye by twisting them in opposite directions, as isintended, is

facilitated. The eye member is stamped out, as is the hook member, from sheet metal, the same consisting of a bar 71. and an integral loop 6, projecting from one side thereof, said bar, as also the anchorages and eyelets of the hook member, having openings for the a taching means. After the hook member has been stamped out its bi ll and tongueare turned back over the shank members, the former at an angle of substantially forty-five degrees and the latter in a'plane above and substantially parallel to said shank members. The extremity of the tongue is turned back upon itself, contacting or approximately contacting with the tip of the bill, the tops of the bill and the loop 76 thus formed in the extremity of the tongue being approximately in the same plane. It is preferable that when the hook member is stamped out its bill be tapered, as in Fig. 1. Since the members are adapted to be disconnected by twisting the eye out of the space formed in the hook member under the bill, this tapering of the bill is of value in facilitating the separation of the members.

The'members may be secured to the fabric either by sewing them in place or by special devices, such as are shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Each of these devices may consist of a bar 72, having its ends turned off in the shape of claws 0, which may be inserted through the goods, then through the openings of the member, and then turned over, as best seen in Fig. 1, or it may consist of a barp, having a portion of its metal near each end displaced to form tubular rivets g, which may be likewise inserted through the goods and the openings of the member and turned over, as best seen in Fig. 4c. These special securing devices may be attached either by hand, the metal forming them being such that it is readily manipulated, or by machine. In the latter case it is preferred to mount the members upon some suitable strips 3 of some textile material, which may be marketed in any desired lengths and which may be readily attached in place in a garment by simple stitching.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a garment-fastener, the combination of a hook member formed integrally of sheet metal, said hook member consisting of-a pair of substantially parallel shank members, an

upturned tapered bill disposed at one end of said members, a tongue-extending from the other end of and above said -members into In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April, 1900.

EDWIN W. GROESOHEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM GRoEsoHEL, JOHN W. STEWARD. 

